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“His solo series Dialogues […] resembles an upgrade of Luciano Berio’s solo series Sequenze (1958-2002) in terms of playing technique. […] Distinctive New Music, […] Beste […] proceeds like a composer-performer”.
“Ansgar Beste is a man of conviction, he composes like this, because he cannot do otherwise. […] He takes his position friendly in tone, yet with enormous conviction.”
“Well-written compositions […] with many interesting ideas, […] own little world. […] It is a good feeling to return to the starting point of my project with Musica Vitae. Back to the roots and to my first inspiration […].”
“Simply finding new sounds”
“Ansgar Beste is interested in sounds – in new, unusual, well, unheard-of and outrageous sounds. He […] appreciates the profession as a composer: ‘There I am very free.’”
“The website […] www.ansgarbeste.com is exceptional.”
“The one who sits opposite you in his studio in a casual and almost roguish manner, must be an immensely hard, almost obsessive worker, gifted with some stubbornness, too.”
“Ansgar Beste […] doesn’t look for instruments to perform ‘his’ music, he delves into the sound-making process itself in order to discover the music hidden there […] possesses tremendous conceptual ability and […] problem-solving skills […] independence […] not following the trend.”
“Ansgar Beste […] is an original thinker, […] thorough and dedicated to his work. […] I […] have been impressed with the individual character that each piece exhibits.”
“Beste’s music is necessary in an age when it is all too easy to digitally produce sound without the rigor of intellectual inquiry.”
Review Christoph Schulte im Walde 2016-2 (Newborn) “Sounds as fresh as a daisy [,] […] joy of discovery […], desire for experiments, enthusiasm for quirky sounds and for curious treatments of the […] instrument […]. Not as an end in itself, but as a creative, imaginative act, in order to…
“His recent compositions give reason to expect the best for his artistic future.”
“His compositions are consistently original and experimental in the best sense.”
“He is aware of and skilled in traditional techniques, but his real interest is geared towards the future sound.”
“Ansgar Beste is a true original composer with a mature personal language.”
Statement Simone Eckert 2018 (Dialogues Rêvants) “Entertaining […] rhetorical and eloquent piece with exciting timbres and rhythms, not only thriving on effects, but creating affects.” …more Statement Tellef Ragnar Heilmann 2018 (Dialogues Sauvages / Rituel Bizarre) “Funny and interesting. […] Shrewdly assembled instruments, […] something uniquely his own and exciting. […]…
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